Running-gear for vehicles.



D. RYERSONP RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 00?. 1a. 191

l 1 77,450. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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D. RYERSON.

RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1913.

1 Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH .COv. WASHINGTON, n. c.

, UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL RYERSON, or Morin-E; ILLINOIS, nssieivoe :ro VELIE CARRIAGElCOMPANY, or MOLINE, ILLINoIsa oonronnrron or ZAIILLINOIS.

Rename-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

Application filedeflctober 18, 1913. Serial No. 786,040.

To all whom. it may concern Beityknown that. I, DANIEL RYERsom-a .citizenof the United States,.residing at Moline, in. the county of- Rock Island and. State of. Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Vehicles, of which the following. is a specification, reference being had therein. to :the accompanying drawing.

of vehicles. particularly carriages, and has for its object. adjustment of. certain parts-to insure greater utility and. to lessen: the wear thereof, as will be more fully described in the following, specification I Referring to the drawings-in; whichsimi- Tar numerals indicate; identical parts-Figure 1 is a. plan view of part of. the running gear of. alvehicleembodyin-gmy improvement. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of Fig, 1. Fig. 3 is asection on the line. wean-of Fig. 1,. and Fig, 4 is ail-enlarged. section on the line y-y of: Fig. 3.

In the .drawings a; central. portion of an axle-1= is shown to: which; is secured thelower member 2. of. a-Vfifth wheelby clips 4 and. 5 preferably; integralwiththe member. The clips l and; 5.;embrace the: axle. 1, their ends passing through, clipstraps to: engage with nuts on the underside thereof,; the; tightening of theenuts clamping; the. clipsfirmly to the; axle and holding; the member 21 securely imposition. V

A. reach. 7 is. mortised, or otherwise: seoured-, to ahead block.8 whichisrigidly attached to-a platefi; Theupper member 10 of. the: fiftlr wheel is preferably integral with the head block plate 9. An arm pref.- erably integral; with. the plate. 9 projects centrally therefrom and is secured to the reach 7; Centrally of: theaxleal is aikingbolt clipl2 having a: vertical bar-rel13 the upperend. of. which is threaded; on either side of the: barrel 13. and formingpart of the clip 12. are lugs 14 secured to theaxle 1. by suitable bolts. Aabolt lz"), preferably partof theolip 12,. passes through the forward;end ofa-,yoke.16,.and.is secured theretoabyv a nut theforward-end-of the yoke. 16 is; enlarged. and has a: socket in its upper sidei'nwhichisi fitted the lower. end. of the barrel 131;,the lowerside; of the-forwvardend ofthewyoke. 16. has asocket in which is fitted thezfialsto-conical end of'a. brace 17 which extendsto. the. reach-.7 to. which. itis-sechred.

V scribed. are assembled, a king bolt 22 is My inventionrelates to the. running gear on. the underside of the plate 9 is a boss Specification of Letters Patent. fP t t dMme,28,119.16. i

18;; as before stated the upper end of the barrela13 is threaded; on this threaded end I place a sleeve 19 threaded to engage with the threaded end of the'barrel 13 and movably fitting in a socket 21 in theboss 18 on the plate 9,-and below thesleeve 1-9' is a lock nut 20. When the parts heretofore de- 22 which is'threa-ded for that purpose, so

thatoperating the nutin the proper dir'ection the parts through, which the' kingj bolt 22 passes are drawn close y together in operativepositiom 1 V In. the ordinary manufacture of a mechanism as I have shown and described, the

points wand b" on the axle and the point e thereon must have a fixed relation, to each other, that is the points a and 6 must be an equal distance above the point a; it is very often. the case, however, that variations occur'due to inequalities in the forgings and othercauses, which result inexcessive wear on the fifth wheel if the point 0 is'too far below theplane of thepointsa and b, but if theplaneiof the point e is too' close to the ,plane-of'the points a and b, the members 2 and.10 of'the fifthwheel will be held apart to the damage of the structure. 'Toovercomethese objectionableconditions I operate the nut QOand sleeve 19, first loosening or removing the nut 28 so that the head block 8, attached plate 11 and the member 10 off the fifthwheel can beraised a sufii'-' cient'; distance, their to further separate the members 2 and 10- of the fifthwhe'el I turn the sleeve 19 moving it toward the upper end of the barrel 13 and when the desired adjustment is made, the nutj20 is'turned .until in jam contact with the sleeve 19 holdsuch as to effectually provide a bearing element on said "plate and-a bearing element,

on the axle with adjustable means located between and movable independently of said bearing elements for raising the head block and supporting it at different distances from the axle, and that. the desired adjustment is accomplished by rotation of the threaded element 19 relatively to said bearing elements, to separateand support said bearing elements at different distances 7 from each other, and the parts locked in the desired position by the lock nut 20,. which secures the threadedsleeve against rotation.

By thisconstruction theweight of the forward portion of the vehicle is carried by the barrel 13 instead ofthe ,fifthwheel andthe wear on the. latter can be practically eliminated; the barrelil3-and clip 12 of avhich it forms apart are constructed to safely bear anyiveight ordinarily carried bya vehicle of theclass in which they are used, and to withstand lateral strain that may be brought upon the clip 12and barrel 13, the lugs H are provided, preferably integral with the barrel 13 and securely bolted to the axlel. V e

What I claim is 1. The combination in a vehicle gear of a tube threaded at one end and a threaded nut on the tube in frictional engagement with the lugof a head block plate, the said tube beingsupported by the axle clip and axle yoke.

2.- In a vehicle gear, the combination with anaxle, of a head-block plate, a clip secured uponsaid axle, a barrel on said clip having its upper end threaded, a socket in the head block plate in which theupper end of the barrel is vertically movable, a sleeve on thethreaded end of the barrel and adapted to belturned to vertically adjust the barrel and headblock plate relatively to each other.

3; In a vehicle gear, the combination with an axle, of a head block plate, a clipsecur'ed upon said axle, a barrel on said cliphavingits upper end threaded, a socket in the head block plate in \vhiclrthe upper end of the barrel is vertically movable, a sleeve on the threaded end of the barrel and adapted to be turned -;to vertically adjust the barrel and head block plate relatively to eachother,

v and a nut. on said barrel. to lock said sleeve lar part having itsloWerend-seated in saidmeans between said plate and tubular part; for moving the head block plate and lSllPf porting .it at? different distances from the a axle.-

6. The combination in a vehicle gear of a head block plate having; a socket therein, an axle clip having an integral tubularpart 7 extending into. said socket, a king boltiexfi tending. through ,said tubular part. and socket, and a; cylindrical body rotatably mounted on said tubular-part and adapted by itsrotation to adjust the head block plate and tubular partrelatively to each other,

7. The combination with an axle-vclipghaving atubular portion thereon: to receive the 5-30; king bolt and a yoke on theprongsofi the, 1

clip having, at one end a recess in the upper side thereof, of ahead blocltplatehavingia socket on the underside thereof; said CLIDII-t recess audits upper end seated in said, socket, and'means on said tubular part afor adjusting the head-block plate relatively thereto. Y Y 4 8; The combinationof a head block having-L a; bearing element, an axle provided 7 with a bearing element, a king bolt,'and adi justable means located betweenand movable independently, of said bearing elements for raising the head blockand simporting ittat F different distances fromthe axle;

9; The combination of a headblock hav-. ing a bearing element,; an axle'having'faz' bearing elen'lent, oneof'said elements being threaded, a threaded element adaptedto-be 1 1 bodily,rotatedrelatively to saidbearing ele;- ments to separateand support said elements at different distances-from each other, and: means for locking 2 said threaded element against rotation; v 135:

10. The combination of a =king bolt clip having a head with screw threads, aihead, 7 block plate, andmeans having threads enw gaging the threads of the said clip headandv V bodily a'dj ustable' relative to the head 1, fd'r moving and supporting the head; blo'ckplate r at different i distances from the kingqbolt clip; r

11.. The ,combinationbf anfaxle; a-king;

bolt clip having ,a head with screw threads;

ahead blockplate. with a ilug; fifthgwheel members secured to:the axle and head block? plate; and means having threads matching the threads of the clip headgbearing against the under surface of thesaid lug,rand fm'ov- 123 able relative to the said head for. adjust ing the upper fifth wheel member relative to the lower fifth wheel member without detaching part of the gear fromzthe vehicle 12'.'The combination of a; kingboltrclipg 1125 having a perforated and threaded headf'a head block; plate havinga perforated lug; a,

king bolt Within the perforations of the said I head and; the said-lug; and independent bodily movable means withlthreadslocated F f threaded cylinder between the said head and i said lug; and a king bolt Within the perforations of'the said head and lug; said cylcople: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of rmm,

inder being bodily movable relative to the said head and Without detaching part of the gear from the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatiire, 1n presence of two witnesses.

' DANIEL RYERSON,

Witnesses V JOSEPH DAIN, Jr., JESSIE L. SIMSER;

Washington, I) 0.? 

